parametric-plasma-source 0.0.4

Parametric plasma source for fusion simulations in OpenMC

parametric-plasma-source

Python package, C++ source and build files for parametric plasma source for use in fusion neutron transport calculations with OpenMC.

The plasma source is based on a paper by C. Fausser et al

Installation

pip install parametric_plasma_source

Usage

The parametric plasma source can be imported an used in Python 3 in the following manner.

from parametric_plasma_source import Plasma
my_plasma = Plasma(major_radius=6, minor_radius=1.5)
my_plasma.export_plasma_source('custom_openmc_plasma_source.so')

In the above example the major_radius and minor radius are changed from the default.

There are a number of additional arguments that can be passed to the Plasma class on construction. Units are in SI (e.g. meters not cm)

ion_density_pedistal = 1.09e+20
ion_density_seperatrix = 3e+19
ion_density_origin = 1.09e+20
ion_temperature_pedistal = 6.09
ion_temperature_seperatrix = 0.1
ion_temperature_origin = 45.9
pedistal_radius = 0.8
ion_density_peaking_factor = 1
ion_temperature_peaking_factor = 8.06
minor_radius = 1.56
major_radius = 2.5
elongation = 2.0
triangularity = 0.55
shafranov_shift = 0.0
number_of_bins = 100
plasma_type = 1

For a better understanding of the varibles take a look at the C. Fausser et al paper.